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Elvin_vn
Profile Blog Joined March 2004
Vietnam2038 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-09-12 01:34:24
September 11 2008 23:53 GMT
#1
Genius game play + great personality.

I'll miss you so much <3<3<3

Wish you all the best Kang Min

KANG MIN HWAITING !!!

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YPang
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
United States4024 Posts
September 12 2008 00:08 GMT
#2
kang min was perhaps the only toss i respected... i'm not even a bit impressed by bisu's 3-0 vs savior, or best's games.... I'd much rather watch any of rA's games than bisu's 3-0 vs savior... Dunno just me.
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meathook
Profile Joined December 2007
1289 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-09-12 00:20:40
September 12 2008 00:11 GMT
#3
I pick the last one.

Edit:

On September 12 2008 09:08 YanGpaN wrote:
kang min was perhaps the only toss i respected... i'm not even a bit impressed by bisu's 3-0 vs savior, or best's games.... I'd much rather watch any of rA's games than bisu's 3-0 vs savior... Dunno just me.

Not just you. Bisu is completely unimpressive. I hate protoss, but Ra is one of the few toss I respect. Not only for his play style, but his incredible personality. If you search for bizarre and funny starcraft moments, probably 70-80% of the results will involve Nal_ra in some capacity. That is great. Haha. The Xellos cheek-pulling video is win.

Edit2: There was a post here somewhere claiming that Ra once played a televised match with 130 apm. I hope this is true. I lol'd the whole day thinking just about that.
An ugly planet. A bug planet.
boesthius
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States11637 Posts
September 12 2008 00:12 GMT
#4
--- Nuked ---
NrG.Bamboo
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States2756 Posts
September 12 2008 00:19 GMT
#5
Kang Min is really unique in the fact that it's really hard to dislike him. I can't recall ever really seeing a hater. It's really hard to not like him. It's kind of like Boxer in the fact that everyone is a fan to some extent :=D
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Caller
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
Poland8075 Posts
September 12 2008 00:30 GMT
#6
there was this one time on a b.net attack vs. yellow that nal_ra was wearing a pin on his nose to hide his voice and he pvzed yellow and raped him, but then they found out it was him and everybody lol'd
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ramen247
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States1256 Posts
September 12 2008 00:44 GMT
#7
i hate this ugly firebat. i want a marine.
meathook
Profile Joined December 2007
1289 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-09-12 00:55:45
September 12 2008 00:54 GMT
#8
On September 12 2008 09:30 Caller wrote:
there was this one time on a b.net attack vs. yellow that nal_ra was wearing a pin on his nose to hide his voice and he pvzed yellow and raped him, but then they found out it was him and everybody lol'd


Yeah, I just remembered that and was on my way to post it, but you were faster.

Here is the VOD

Edit: OMFG. Embed is disabled!? Here is the linky.
An ugly planet. A bug planet.
tyr0
Profile Joined September 2008
United States125 Posts
September 12 2008 00:56 GMT
#9
HAHA. THAT XELLOS CLIP BY FAR IS THE BEST.

outside of that, probably reading through the pimpest plays and getting into pro starcraft because of rA's #1.
funkie
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Venezuela9374 Posts
September 12 2008 01:11 GMT
#10
Goodbye Flower Toss.

You will be missed in the gamefield.
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Ozarugold
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
2716 Posts
September 12 2008 01:15 GMT
#11
Hahaha~

I remember the first video. That was so funny, I couldn't stop laughing~
this is my quote.
thunk
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States6233 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-09-12 01:25:13
September 12 2008 01:15 GMT
#12
The Nal_Ra-Savior games were great. Nal_Ra was one of the first to push the reaver after templar tech, much like a lot of the P innovations around.

I wonder how many times Kang Min have been cheated out of scrabs like that. That could have been a 50 kill reaver right there.


The only man who can pull Xellos by the cheek.
Every time Jung Myung Hoon builds a vulture, two probes die. || My post count was a palindrome and I was never posting again.
Raithed
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
China7078 Posts
September 12 2008 01:35 GMT
#13
On September 12 2008 10:15 thunk wrote:
The Nal_Ra-Savior games were great. Nal_Ra was one of the first to push the reaver after templar tech, much like a lot of the P innovations around.

I wonder how many times Kang Min have been cheated out of scrabs like that. That could have been a 50 kill reaver right there.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaycLeeq9lE

The only man who can pull Xellos by the cheek.

wow just major wow.
gotwater
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
United States179 Posts
September 12 2008 01:53 GMT
#14
On September 12 2008 10:15 thunk wrote:
The Nal_Ra-Savior games were great. Nal_Ra was one of the first to push the reaver after templar tech, much like a lot of the P innovations around.

I wonder how many times Kang Min have been cheated out of scrabs like that. That could have been a 50 kill reaver right there.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaycLeeq9lE

The only man who can pull Xellos by the cheek.

dang he got shafted that game
Everything counts.
thoraxe
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
United States1449 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-09-12 02:14:26
September 12 2008 02:13 GMT
#15
Wasn't there like a clip where he went into the stage with angel wings on? Or maybe it was a Virtua Fighter video, I don't remember too clearly.

age old question: what does Nal_rA mean?
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alffla
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Hong Kong20321 Posts
September 12 2008 02:26 GMT
#16
OMG NALRA T___T gonna miss him so much lol ..
lol the vid with the guys all wearing his face is funny ahahah

gg.
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Pressure
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
7326 Posts
September 12 2008 02:47 GMT
#17
Nal_rA
Nal was his clan and rA is... the name he picked (sun god)

i'm pretty sure thats how things worked
Descent
Profile Joined January 2008
1244 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-09-12 02:54:13
September 12 2008 02:48 GMT
#18
Nal is the clan, just like Nal_Rock, right? =< rA is his personal ign.

edit: Slow~

edit 2: Oh-hoho, so that's the famous scene which gave him the nick "Snot Toss" (re: first vid). xO Vids 2 & 4 were cute, and 3 shows another good side of him. =( I hope you return and dominate the SC2 scene, rA~
「 Dream & Future 」 ※ 「 STX SouL 」
Titusmaster6
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States5937 Posts
September 12 2008 03:13 GMT
#19
T_T his awesome fun and personable personality.
Shorts down shorts up, BOOM, just like that.
imperfect
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Canada1652 Posts
September 12 2008 04:12 GMT
#20
will be missed without a doubt..

favourite moment:
Probably the famous hallucinated arbiter recall on goodfriend. and his sexy cannon rush on savior on peaks..

There are so many more (he's nal_ra for crying out loud!), he's just so creative.
blind bisu free and anytime fanboy.
Ilikestarcraft
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Korea (South)17726 Posts
September 12 2008 04:21 GMT
#21


One of my fav highlight videos
so much awesome moves

Some of my favs microing his dt to avoid getting hit by splash and showing the size of his balls by attacking nada's tank filled nat
"Nana is a goddess. Or at very least, Nana is my goddess." - KazeHydra
Jonoman92
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
United States9103 Posts
September 12 2008 04:30 GMT
#22
Could someone tell me where this whole "hwaiting" phrase thing originated and what exactly is its meaning?
Play
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
Australia608 Posts
September 12 2008 04:35 GMT
#23
theres only an fpvod to dl somewhere, so i took a screenshot:

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10 hydra, 10 muta, 1 storm :D
jmascis
MiniRoman
Profile Blog Joined September 2003
Canada3953 Posts
September 12 2008 04:44 GMT
#24
For sure the hallu > recall on Parallel Lines II. So sad he's leaving. He rules way hard :O
Nak Allstar.
lilsusie
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
3861 Posts
September 12 2008 05:46 GMT
#25
On September 12 2008 11:47 Pressure wrote:
Nal_rA
Nal was his clan and rA is... the name he picked (sun god)

i'm pretty sure thats how things worked


He said a 형 (older brother figure person) who introduced him to BW actually picked the name for him. He didn't know that there was a meaning to rA. Yes, teh clan was Nal but the rA part.. completely random.
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goldenkrnboi
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
United States3104 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-09-12 05:58:47
September 12 2008 05:55 GMT
#26
coincidentally, when put together, nal_ra means fly in korean.
Ilikestarcraft
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Korea (South)17726 Posts
September 12 2008 05:55 GMT
#27
나라 fly?
"Nana is a goddess. Or at very least, Nana is my goddess." - KazeHydra
goldenkrnboi
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
United States3104 Posts
September 12 2008 05:59 GMT
#28
On September 12 2008 14:55 Ilikestarcraft wrote:
나라 fly?


yeah.

....well.

at least, if you say it fast enough.
semioldguy
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
United States7488 Posts
September 12 2008 07:29 GMT
#29
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KOFgokuon
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
United States14893 Posts
September 12 2008 13:35 GMT
#30
hallucination arbiter recall for sure
zobz
Profile Joined November 2005
Canada2175 Posts
September 12 2008 14:24 GMT
#31
kang min really did rule. I enjoyed some of the videos especially which i hadn't seen before
"That's not gonna be good for business." "That's not gonna be good for anybody."
riotjune
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United States3392 Posts
September 12 2008 16:13 GMT
#32
He always looks so calm and peaceful when he plays (even when losing), like he's become one with the Khala or something.
iNcontroL *
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
USA29055 Posts
September 12 2008 16:41 GMT
#33
peaks zvp vs savior.. one of my fav games of all time.
MrHoon *
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
10183 Posts
September 12 2008 17:52 GMT
#34
too bad so called "Apprentice of Ra, Lucifer" can't do shit
..
Honestly I wish Lucifer actually learned some shit from Ra
dats racist
ShmotZ
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States581 Posts
September 12 2008 18:28 GMT
#35
nal_ra is and always will be my favorite player =( his play was always inspiring, him and reach are my only 2 favorite protoss's out of all the pro scene, i wonder if he would come out of retirement and play a returning match vs boxer? <3

my favorite play of nal_ra is the nal_ra probey


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ITS MAGIC!!!
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Nightmarjoo
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
United States3360 Posts
September 12 2008 19:46 GMT
#36
Nal_rA vs Savior on BlitzX, with Tasteless and Bunny (lol) casting.
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mSLeGenD
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
115 Posts
September 28 2008 05:03 GMT
#37
aww man wow, i just found out about nal_ra retiring, thats so sad. One of the best players ever, he seriously was Protosses Boxer, you had to love his innovative and creative player. The holy wars was some of the best starcraft you would ever see.
My nationality is NOT Canadian, And that's all you need to know.
evanthebouncy!
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
United States12796 Posts
September 28 2008 09:46 GMT
#38
Oh man Kangmin...
I'm still your fan.
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ShaLLoW[baY]
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Canada12499 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-09-28 17:23:51
September 28 2008 17:23 GMT
#39
On December 11 2002 02:44 mensrea wrote:

- Nal_rA (@8) won the final and deciding match v Jinsu (@2) on Neo Bifrost, a grossly biased Zerg map (at least v P) and a map on which a certain soon-to-be-Korean-pro player from the Netherlands told me P cannot beat Z with forward gates [EDIT: Nazgul now tells me, in very spirited words, that he actually said the OPPOSITE - that you NEED forward gates to win on Neo Bifrost. I, uh, believe him...]. Well, Nal_rA did it with a forward gate zealot/probe/cannon rush. Sets it up with lots and cannons taking care of Jinsu's second hatch, and finishes with a 3 cannon rush on the hill overlooking Jinsu's main min patch. It was GG for Jinsu almost as soon as the cannons starting pounding his drones. To his credit, Jinsu desperately tried to control the situation, but couldn't even reverse ling rush on the Protoss main because of (is anyone surprised?) cannon defense.

- To be fair to Nazgu - uh, I mean, a certain soon-to-be-Korean-pro Dutchman, (and this was pointed out by OGN), the forward gate BO employed by Nal_rA on Neo Bifrost was very unique and wasn't really as much of a gamble as it first seemed. Most forward gate strats on Neo Bifrost are do-or-die affairs: if it doesn't work, you're toast. But not this. Very safe, all things considered. The highlight moment came when Nal_rA PERFECTLY timed his SECOND probe (the 1st was long camped out in front of Jinsu's main and busy warping in pylon/gate/forge/cannon) to cross the middle bridge just as Jinsu's scouting ovie was crossing it - making it look like it was the 1st probe and not the 2nd (and thus signaling a standard Protoss BO at home)!!! I mean, this is ART, folks, ART. The fake worked perfectly and the OGN commentators were laughing their heads off when the camera showed the placid everything-is-normal expression on Jinsu's face, like they were saying "poor bastard, doesn't even know what's coming!" They were right.


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o3.power91
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
Bahrain5288 Posts
September 28 2008 20:04 GMT
#40
RECALLLUUUU

That game was awesome T_T

Will miss Nal_Ra
Frits
Profile Joined March 2003
11782 Posts
September 28 2008 20:07 GMT
#41
The nal_ra vs goodfriend game where he hallucinated a ton of arbiters and recalled. One of the best moments in sc progaming for sure.
Moffman88
Profile Joined September 2007
Canada30 Posts
September 28 2008 23:43 GMT
#42
The time he got 2x Rax rushed on geometry by Boxer.
And you can see with the smirk on his face, Nal_Ra is thinking Boxer you crazy mofo. - Klazart
Alethios
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
New Zealand2765 Posts
November 16 2008 01:16 GMT
#43
Sorry to ressurect a reasonably old thread... but i've been a while for ages, to come back to this news.

My all time favourite progamer (of any discipline), Nal_rA was an entertainer on and off the game.

Always gracious, in victory or defeat.

Never yet seen without his goofy smile.

Lets not forget his glasses... You just couldn't mess with those.

Famous for the invention of many strategies, he undoubtably is one of the great figures of starcraft history that makes the game what it is.

Good luck to you Kang Min. You'll be sorely missed.
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